ironically, we've had the fbi director here earlier today. one of the things he expressed was how well this region works together before we knew this incident was going to happen. i've personally witnessed as mayor of the city seamlessness between agencies, between different levels of government, and i personally want to thank each of the men and women across the federal, state, and local agencies that today have done incredible work. i want to commend those departments for their coordinated response, and hear again from a number of speakers. but i want to thank the volunteers, the staff at los angeles world airports, the red cross, our civilian teams that fanned out, whether it was to get people into hotels or pass out water, to help feed some of the stranded and to ensure that traffic was flowing, this was really a team effort. now i would like to -- for the update on the incident itself and some of the criminal aspects of it ask again special agent in charge david bouch to come forward to say a few words. >> thank you, mr. mayor. thank you